Secret Agent Snape

[catherinemckiernan]

No: HPFGUIDX 77311

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "subrosax99" <subrosax at e...>
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "acoteucla" <acoteucla at h...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "subrosax99"
<subrosax at e...> 
> > wrote:
> > > I just did a quick re-read of GoF, and something caught my eye 
> that 
> > I 
> > > missed the first time. At Karkaroff's hearing (or whatever that 
> > was), 
> > > Karkaroff gives out the names of several people that he knows
to 
> be 
> > > DE's. One of the names was, of course, Snape. Then Dumbledore 
> says 
> > > something to the effect of "Snape is no longer a DE, he turned 
> spy 
> > > for us at great personal risk." Obviously Karkaroff heard this. 
> > > Wouldn't he have turned around and shared that information with 
> his 
> > > fellow DE's in Azkaban?
> > > Though I don't recall Karkaroff being mentioned in OoP, it's
safe 
> > to 
> > > assume he's still on the loose. What if he uses his information 
> > about 
> > > Snape to save himself from LV?
> > > On top of this, wasn't it kind of stupid for Dumbledore to 
> mention 
> > > the fact that Snape was a spy in front of Karkaroff? 
> > > Sorry if this has all been mentioned before. (And I'm sure it 
> must 
> > > have been.)
> > 
> > There is WAY too much evidence laying around that Snape is a
double 
> > agent for Dumbledore.  There are his actions against Quirrell
(whom 
> > LV was possessing), there's the umpteen million people who have 
> heard 
> > Dumbledore say Snape is trustworthy, there's the fact that he's a 
> > member of the Order of the Phoenix and there's probably a spy 
> within 
> > the order....  LV HAS to know that Snape is a double agent.  That 
> > leaves the following possibilities:
> > 
> > 1. Snape isn't really spying against LV.  JKR has just written it 
> in 
> > such a way that it SEEMS like that's his job in the Order.  But
she 
> > hasn't come right out and said it.
> > 
> > 2. Snape is pretending to be a double-double agent.  He returns
to 
> LV 
> > with the wonderful news that he is within Dumbledore's inner 
> circle, 
> > but LV is his true master.  All the "spy-work" he did for 
> Dumbledore 
> > a long time back was about unimportant stuff, so as to gain DD's 
> > trust.
> > 
> > 3. Snape really IS a double-double agent.
> 
> I'm starting to think Snape isn't really spying on VD. As you
rightly 
> point out, there is too much evidence out there that Snape is with 
> Dumbledore. I can't imagine what he would be doing, but the
prospect 
> of him spying directly on VD is starting to seem much more
unlikely. 
> To tell you the truth, I don't know what the hell is going on
anymore.
> 
> Allyson
I thought that Snape's activities in OotP were something to do with
Lucius Malfoy rather than direct contant with Voldemort, which would
surely be too risky. Snape is
clearly in contact with Lucius (hence his remark to Sirius about L
recognising S). However whether he is in touch with Lord V. through
Lucius or doing something else entirely is up in the air (until
someone finds a really good clue). Of course, if Voldemort can read
Malfoy's mind ("The Dark Lord knows," "He always knows") then he?ll
know about Snape's activities.

Catherine McK